Colonel James Forbes-Robertson VC, DSO & Bar, MC, DL (7 July 1884 – 5 August 1955) was a British Army officer and recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. In August 1918 he was given the temporary rank of brigadier general whilst he served as a staff officer, later reverting to his substantive rank. He later achieved the rank of colonel and transferred to the Gordon Highlanders where he ended his career. Forbes-Robertson died in 1955 and was buried at the Bouncer's Lane Cemetery, Cheltenham.